1646 in literature

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The year 1646 in literature involved some significant events.

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John Lilburne is placed in the Tower of London for denouncing his former commander the Earl of Manchester as a traitor.
Jacqueline Pascal is converted to Jansenism by her brother, Blaise Pascal.
The London theatres officially remain closed through the middle 1640s. Yet on March 24, the King's Men petition Parliament for three and a half years' back pay. Unfortunately, no details about their activities in these years survive.
Martin Llewellyn's drama The King Found at Southwell is performed at Oxford on May 5; it is the last stage piece presented in the city before its surrender to Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War, June 22-4.

James Shirley - The Triumph of Beauty (masque)
Sir John Suckling - Fragmenta Aurea, collected plays, including The Sad One (unfinished)